Shloka 48
महाकालज्योतिर्लिङ्गमाहात्म्ये चन्द्रसेन-चिन्तामणि-प्रसङ्गः
Mahākāla Jyotirliṅga Māhātmya: The Episode of King Candrasena and the Cintāmaṇi
एवमत्यद्भुताचाराच्छिवमाहात्म्यदर्शनात् । पौराणां सम्भ्रमाच्चैव सा रात्रिः क्षणतामगात्
evamatyadbhutācārācchivamāhātmyadarśanāt | paurāṇāṃ sambhramāccaiva sā rātriḥ kṣaṇatāmagāt
So verging jene Nacht, aufgrund jenes höchst wunderbaren Handelns und des unmittelbaren Schauens von Śivas Größe, und auch wegen der ehrfürchtigen Erregung der Bürger, als wäre sie nur ein einziger Augenblick.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Jyotirlinga: Mahākāleśvara
Sthala Purana: The verse highlights ‘śiva-māhātmya-darśana’—a direct experiential recognition of Śiva’s greatness in the Mahākāla-kṣetra—so powerful that time itself feels contracted; this is a classic kṣetra-māhātmya trope.
Significance: Darśana of Mahākāla is portrayed as producing sambhrama (reverent awe) and sukha that eclipses ordinary time-consciousness—an experiential sign of grace (anugraha).
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It teaches that when consciousness becomes absorbed in Śiva’s māhātmya (glory) through darśana and devotion, ordinary time-sense weakens; bhakti-filled awareness makes even a long night feel momentary.
In the Kotirudra context of Jyotirliṅga-māhātmya, the ‘darśana of Śiva’s greatness’ aligns with Saguna worship—seeing and celebrating Śiva’s manifest grace, which draws the community into reverence and one-pointed devotion.
Sustain uninterrupted Shiva-smaraṇa through the night—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), liṅga-darśana/abhiṣeka, and steady bhakti—so the mind remains absorbed rather than distracted.